lp discography - covers & lyrics

Absolutely the best collection of Wanda Jackson's rockabilly recordings, including her key 1956-1960 singles — "Fujiyama Mama," "Mean Mean Man," "Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad," and others. Rockin' With Wanda is the leading candidate for the best female rock & roll album of the 1950s.

WANDA JACKSON

ROCKIN' WITH WANDA

Capitol T-1384
May/1960
Produced by Ken Nelson
Cover Cover Buck Owens, Joe Maphis, Lewis Talley,
J.W. Marshall, Billy Strange, Vernon Sandusky - guitar
Ralph Mooney - steel
Bud Dooley, Rollie Bundock, Skeets McDonals - bass
Pee Wee Adams, Roy Harte, Joe Brawley - drums
Jelly Sanders, Gordon Terry - fiddle
Merrill Moore - piano
Recorded:
June 8/1956, Capitol Studios, Hollywood (12) Sept 20/1956, Capitol Studios, Hollywood (6,7,8) Feb 28/1957, Capitol Studios, Hollywood (4,5) March 1/1957, Capitol Studios, Hollywood (11) Sept 17/1957, Capitol Studios, Hollywood (2) Apr 10/1958, Capitol Studios, Hollywood (1,9,10) Dec 2/1958, Capitol Studios, Hollywood (3)

1.

ROCK YOUR BABY

(Wanda Jackson) « © '58 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
Rock your baby all night long
Rock your baby all night long rock your baby all night long
Rock your baby all night long rock your baby all night long
Take me in your arms and whisper low
Then rock your baby and don't be slow

Birds was made to sit in a tree
You were made to dance with me
Here's your chance now don't go wrong
Gotta rock your baby all night long

Rock your baby all night long...
[ guitar ] I got my hair fixed in a pony tail
So when we dance it'll really sail
If you love me then tell me so
But rock your baby and don't be slow

Rock your baby all night long...
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2.

FUJIYAMA MAMA

(Earl Burrows) « © '57 Hammer Hits Music, ASCAP »
I've been to Nagasaki Hiroshima too
The same I did to them baby I can do to you

Cause I'm a Fujiyama mama and I'm just about to blow my top
Fujiyama yama Fujiyama
And when I start erupting ain't nobody gonna make me stop

I drink a quart of sakey smoke dynamite
I chase it with tobaccy and then shoot out the light

Cause I'm a Fujiyama mama...
[ guitar ] Well you can talk about me say that I'm mean
I'll blow your head off baby with nitroglycerine

Cause I'm a Fujiyama mama...

Well you can say I'm crazy stone deaf and dumb
But I can cause destruction just like the atom bomb

Cause I'm a Fujiyama mama...
I drink a quart of sakey...
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3.

YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME

(Steve Rowland) « © '58 Central Songs, BMI »
Hey little baby you're the one I love so much
You're an angel you thrill me with your magic touch
Ooh when you kiss me and hold me tightly in your arms
I wanna tell you that you're the one for me

When I'm sleeping you're all I ever dream about
And in the daytime you're all I ever think about
When I am near you you set my heart and soul on fire
I wanna tell you that you're the one for me

You're the only one I'll ever long for you're very special set me all aglow
Won't you place the ring upon my finger cause darling I love you so

Hey little darling I want you for my dearly own
Please say you love me I'll be the queen upon you throne
We'll be so happy I know we'll ever never part
I wanna tell you that you're the one for me
[ guitar ] You're the only one I'll ever long for...
Hey little darling...
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4.

DID YOU MISS ME

(Bobby Lord) « © '57 Central Songs, BMI »
Tell me did you miss me while I was gone
Did you ooh wanna kiss me when you were alone
Did you sit and stare at the telephone
Did you miss me while I was gone

Our love is so suddenly and stir is so new
I just want to know if you feel like I do

Did you think about me while I was away
And did every hour seem like a day
Was it something inside that you just couldn't say
Did you miss me while I was away

Our love is so suddenly...
Tell me did you miss me while I was gone...
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5.

COOL LOVE

(Wanda Jackson - Vicky Countryman) « © '57 Central Songs, BMI »
You been playin' it cool I been playin' a fool
Now don't you give me that cool love give me the kind I need
Let's start gettin' with it baby you're actin' like a square to me

Well love's gotta be warm and love's gotta be right
And this ain't no ice cube that you are with tonight

So don't you dish me out the cool love it don't move me at all
And if you'd live it up baby man we'll really have a ball
[ guitar ] You been playin' it cool...
[ piano ] Now the clock is strikin' one and we ain't had no fun
Just throw your arms around me and the night has just begun

Now that's a little more like it now you're doing all right
And if you keep it up baby I'll see you tomorrow night
See you tomorrow night see you tomorrow night see ya (yeah) **********

6.

HONEY BOP

(Mae Boren Axton - Tommy Durden - Glenn Reeves) « © '56 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Well once they had a dance they called the bunny-hop
Now the cats are in a trance all they wanna do is bop
So bop honey bop well bop a honey bop
Oh bop honey bop well don't stop a honey bop

When the band begins to rock and it's rockin' to your blues
If you think you blow your top well put on your rockin' shoes
And bop honey bop well bop a honey bop
Let's bop honey bop don't stop a honey bop
[ guitar ] When the night is up and gone but you still wanna go
Though you see light of dawn baby tell the band to blow
And bop honey bop well bop a honey bop
Well bop honey bop don't stop a honey bop

Well the waltz is for the square and the rhumba is too old
Baby we're just rockin' let it satisfy your soul
So bop honey bop well bop a honey bop
Oh bop honey bop well don't stop a honey bop
[ guitar ] Well now you've heard the dance they call the bunny-hop
But the cats are in a trance all they wanna do is bop
So bop honey bop well bop a honey bop
Well bop honey bop well don't stop a bop-bop-bop
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7.

HOT DOG THAT MADE HIM MAD

(Don Raye - Danny Barker) « © '56 Lewis Music, ASCAP / MCA Music, ASCAP »
I've got a guy I like him fine
But he takes me for granted all of the time
To teach him a lesson and make him mad
I went out on a date with the best friend he had
That made him mad boy hot dog that made him mad
And he hugged me and he kissed me and he asked me not to do it again

Oh late last night when I came in he demanded to know just where I'd been
But I really put him right in his place instead of an answer I laughed in his face
That made him mad boy hot dog that made him mad
So he hugged me and he kissed me and he asked me not to do it again
[ guitar ] He said my heart is on my sleeve
And if I didn't change that he would leave
Well you shoulda seen him was his face red
When I laughed and told him just go right ahead
That made him mad boy hot dog that made him mad
So he hugged me and he kissed me and he asked me not to do it again

Well the moral is to play it cool
Let your guy know you're nobody's fool
When he gets to thinking you're all his own
Let him know that you can take him or leave him alone
That makes him mad boy hot dog that makes him mad
And he'll hug you and he'll kiss you and he'll ask you not to do it again

Yeah he'll hug you and he'll kiss you
He'll squeeze you and he'll please you
And he'll ask you not to do it again
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8.

BABY LOVES HIM

(Wanda Jackson) « © '56 Central Songs, BMI »
Well baby's a chick with the peroxide hair
You can't say this babe's a square
She likes her music with a solid beat
And when she starts to bop you better go to your seat
Cause ooh baby's gone yeah she's gone a all the way a all the way
And when Baby fell well she really fell like I knew she would someday
[ guitar ] Baby fell for a cat with the blue suede shoes
Drives a pink Cadillac and never sings the blues
They dance to a jukebox all night long
One glance and you'll say these cats are real gone
But ooh baby loves him yeah she loves him a all the way ay a all the way
And when Baby fell well she really fell like I knew she would someday
[ steel ] Well now they're the happiest kids in town
Baby's got his ring and she sports it all around
All the other gals are jealous as can be but it's plain to see
ooh baby loves him yeah she loves him a all the way a all the way
And when baby fell well she really fell like I knew she would someday
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9.

MEAN MEAN MAN

(Wanda Jackson) « © '58 Central Songs, BMI »
I love a mean mean man who lives uptown
When I want him most he's not around

He's a mean mean man ooh Lordy he's a mean mean man
He's a mean mean man but I love him all I can

Now he calls at seven and wants a date at eight
He's never on time he's always late

He's a mean mean man...
[ guitar + piano ] Now we go to a dance he holds me tight
But then he don't even kiss me goodnight

He's a mean mean man...

I know I'm a fool to love that man
But I'm a gonna love him as long as I can

He's a mean mean man...
He's a mean mean man but I love him all I can
He's a mean mean man but I love him all I can
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10.

YOU'VE TURNED TO A STRANGER

(Jack Rhodes - Freddy Franks) « © '58 Central Songs, BMI »
The nights made you lonely so you want to roam
You're no longer happy with me or your home
You search for excitement content used to grow
You've turned to a stranger that I hardly know

The flashing of the neon and the songs that they play
The gay crowd and the laughter have lured you away
Once you wanted be with you everywhere that you go
But you've turned to a stranger that I hardly know
[ guitar ] I can't wash the pain from my tortured mind
With the gay crowd and the music and the bright light that shine
If this makes you happy I don't blame you if you go
You've turned to a stranger that I hardly know

The glamor of the night life can't lure me away
I'd rather sit waiting and long for the day
You'll return with your love that's faded so slow
No longer a stranger that I hardly know
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11.

DON'A WAN'A

(Boudleaux Bryant) « © '57 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You say you got a lotta vinegar and spices
In the kisses that you wanna give to me
But mama told'a me that sugar is the nicest
So take your vinegar away and let me be (let her be)
Don'a wan'a any kisses from you
Don'a wan'a your vinegar too
I've already got a sugar baby dolly-hoo
Always can supply me with enough to satisfy me
So go leave'a me alone ah you know I don'a wan'a (don'a wan'a)
You say you wan'a me to smoke'a your tabacco
I've'a gotta me a cigarette too
You think I wan'a ride your big'a Cadillac'a
But I will make my little Chevrolet'a do (let it do)
Don'a wan'a any kisses from you
Don'a wan'a ride yur big'a Cadillac'a too
I've already got a sugar baby dolly-hoo
Always can supply me with enough to satisfy me
So go leave'a me alone ah you know I don'a wan'a (don'a wan'a)
You know I don'a wan'a (don'a wan'a)
You got'a line'a like you wan'a go a'fishin'
You got a story like a bucket full of bait
You might as well'a stop a'hang around a'wishin'
The season's over and a'fishin's out of date

Don'a wan'a any kisses from you
Don'a wan'a go fishing too
I've already got a sugar baby dolly-hoo
Always can supply me with enough to satisfy me
So go leave'a me alone ah you know I don'a wan'a
Don'a wan'a any kisses from you don'a wan'a any kisses from you
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12.

I GOTTA KNOW

(Thelma Blackmon) « © '56 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Well I thought that you were a wantin' romance
But all you ever do is dance dance dance
So I boppity bop the whole night long
To the knocked out music of a jukebox song

One thing I gotta know I gotta know I gotta know
If our love's the real thing where's my weddin' ring

Yes we rocked and rolled till the broad daylight
You're a little too pooped to kiss your baby goodnight
I know you've had it when the rockin' is through
So I let you go home what else could I do

One thing I gotta know ...
[ guitar ] Well I thought that you were a wantin' romance...

When you're on that floor you're cool man cool
But when it comes to lovin' you need to go to school
You know I'm longin' for a weddin' day
But all you ever do is play boy play

One thing I gotta know ...
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